Nippon Steel Corp. won conditional US approval for its $14.1 billion purchase of United States Steel Corp., capping a lengthy saga in a tie-up that will create one of the world’s largest steel companies.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order paving the way for a Nippon Steel investment in U.S. Steel, so long as the Japanese company complies with a “national security agreement” submitted

President Donald Trump has paved the way for Japan-based Nippon Steel to invest in U.S. steel, reversing his own opposition to the deal over national security concerns.

The Trump administration will soon ensure that its 50% steel tariffs, which have threatened to make everything containing steel more expensive, will apply to your next fridge or dishwasher.

The companies said they had entered into an agreement with the U.S. government to alleviate any national security concerns.

After a year and a half of government talks, countless regulatory hiccups and last-minute negotiations, Nippon Steel Corp. secured its much-wanted prize late last week when President Donald Trump approved the $14.

The structure of a newly proposed United States Steel and Nippon Steel partnership has yet to be unveiled by either company.

The United States and Mexico are negotiating a deal to reduce or eliminate President Donald Trump's 50% steel tariffs on imports up to a certain volume, industry and trade sources said on Tuesday. An industry source familiar with the talks said that a likely outcome would include a quota arrangement,